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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-09
MEN OFMARvELOUs MEMORIES.
People Whose Brains Never Forgot
Phenomenal Recollection.

Parsons, the Greek scholar, could re-
peat Millions Paradise Lost back
wards.
A monk who resided in Moscow in the
gfteenth century could repeat the
who'll of the NV TIE lament.
George ii | of England, though def
Glen in education, never forgot a name
once heard or face once seen
II is said of Ehemistocles that be
cnul1 all by their names he people of
Athens, which city then numbered 90
UUJ lnA4 itants.
Il mas been written of the Bourbons
thai they never forgot a man name
nor his face, and this has been some
times considered as true sign of their
royal natures
A scuool teacher of London, whose
name Wa, Dawson, possessed a remark
able memory He could repeat the
Book of job and he Psalms, and IN u
wager II S2U0 he repeated without the
aid OF book. Sp,n ser's "rairIe
QueeDe." ii po-m of nearly 4 900 stanzas
of nj lines each.
HOudin Vas once invited with his son
10 n gentl-man' house to give private
seance and as they went up airs they
PASSED the library door which was par
TALLY open In that single moment
young Charles HOudIn read all the
names of twelve volumes and ecosnizeu
the position OF two busts.
Boone, The oliDd negro pianist, who
hd gwen performances through . v
erai sites, ha most wonderful mem-
UrV III curn-ctIou with his art From
once hearing 10 he Was auIe to ola,
LIZ . ce brated Hungarian Rhau
sndy" without missing note. Blind
Tom also performed similar fats.
III TART wher only II years Old
played new opera from one hearing
which had been composed expressly to
Test his skill. A writer, r ferring to
This incident, sayS: He not only re
produced the opera from memory
which was a very diff ;ult piece with
ont miss ug single note but on sec
nnd p ying threw it in variations in
such a manner that all who heard him
were sperChlesS with astonishmedt.
Mckenzie tells US a most int, resting
story ABOUT Carolau, a blind irish
ha Ter aud composer who once cnal-
i-ugeu :, famous italian VirlIulst to
trial of skill. The Italian played thu
fifth concerto of Vlvaldi on his violin:
hen, TO the astonlsu ment of all present.
Corolan, who md never before heard
he concerto, took his harp and plaven
II through from BEGINNING to end vi b.
out missing SINGH note.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-09
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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-09
IID-BIES!

A BACHELOR saws: "a sermon is al
ways short ID tue WON an who ". ars q
new oounrt to church or the frs time
These bachelors are alwa malIgninR
the ladies Suppose it is because they
can t!nduce Que to go into partnership
A CLERGlM4N, plesdlng earnestly with
his parIshIone, for IN CONSTRUCTION OF 4.
cemetery for their parish asked them
to consider he deploranis CONDITION
of $1,000 Chris ian E glishmen living
without Christian burial"
The labor question: Doing anything
now. B.ll?'
"Oh, yes, I'm very busy"
"Ah, glad TO hear 1t! What are you
doing2"
Looking for job"
A GERMAN looked up at the sky and
remarked: Il guess leedle it will raiu
sometime poorly queek. "Yees do
eb?' replied al Irisnman. "What
business has yees to purtend to know
ABOUT British weather, ye furrlner?"
WHEN The coJk placed the turkey on
the table upside down On the dlsh-that
~, with It's hack up-tue head of the
mouse got his ,ck up TOO. gave her d
wItheri K i"uk, aud sskel if she
- posed he vas going to crawl und, !
he table, aud cut a mole up III ou< b
the plate, TO get al the breast of the
fowl?'
CENTS OR CAEATs New York iawelel
Ito new b0y): Did YOU sell nythiur
while Was GU .Johnny?"
New Boy: Yes, sir. sold six plair
rings"
Jewel r livery much pleased): Good
my boy. Wen make hrst-clsss Jew
eler of you one of these DAYS. You go
the regular price of cou~se?"
New Boy: "Why, yes, sir. The price
was ma: ked on the inside. 49, an tht
gentleman took all that WAS left, SIR"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-09
The sAappers.

80 you're tired of crazy notions.
You think I'm becoming insane, do
your" repeated Mrs. Snapper.
"Thst's what 1 said" said Mr.. s.
stohdly.
May be you wouldn't object to hav-
ing me locked up N an asylum,
either. don't suppose you would hes
itate minute"
Il reckon might hesitate just about
minute" was the defiant rejuinder.
You would, would vou2" You'd
waste minute in hesitating. Well, l
Will say to you right here, Mister rheo-
philus Snapper, that you're too late.
You can't get evidence now, that would
satisfy any court that am non compos.
| don't know what you might have
done, though, if you'd applied when
consented TO marry you. I dare say
you might have succeeded. "-Nerchan!
Traveller,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-10-09
Strange 8 From the Tropics

Visiting this country, will find HALE's
Honey of FOREGROUND AND lar. n
superior remeny for the Coughs. Colds
and bronchial difficulties which a
change from a torrid to a temperate
CLINE always engeuders. Cukans tho
have tried it are loud in its praise. 10
fact, it has no equal in the phuEma-
copoeia. or among proprietary medi-
cines, IS q cure for Throat or lung
complains. Procurabe Of all drug
gists at so cents and 81. CIR, at saving
by purchasing large SIZE. Pixies Tooth
ache Drops cure in one minute.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
FOREIGN.

MICHEL DAyIrT's is stumping ScOtladd
in the interest of the home-rule move
ment.
don volunteers from Buckingham palace
yesterday. The view was witnessed by
vast multitude.
The Porte has declined to grant con-
eessien fer the construction of Asiatic
railways to syndicate composed of
Frencnmen.
THE threats of France in connection
with the Anglo Turkish convention have
had the effect of exasperating the Porte.
1t is believed that the Sultan will finally
sign the convention.
A LIBERAL member of parliament is
going to send, at his own expense, a de-
putation of English laborers to Ireland to
investigate the condition of the workers
IN that country and report the result to
their fellows in England.
In special race over the Northern
course Monday, the Scottish yacht Thistle
defeated the Trek, to which she allowed
seven minute three seconds, by one min
utes three seconds, covering the fifty
miles in hours 8 minutes and 40 seconds.
SIR HENRY DRUMMoND WOLFF. the Brit
ish envoy for the settlement of Egyptian
affairs, spent three hours with the Otto
man commission in discussion of the
notifications proposed by the Porte in
the Egyptian convention. The commits
sion will hold another conference on
Thursday. 1t is stated that England
will not accede to Turkeys demand that
England shall only have the right to re
occupy Egypt in the case of Turkey be-
ihg unable to send her own troops and
applies for England's assistance.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
GENERAL REMARKS.


The following crop summary was pre-
pared by the Farmers Review:
Reports on the yield of the winter
wheat crop are now coming in, and thus
far corroborate our previous statements
as to the shortage hat might be expect
ed. Missouri leaves in her average and
Is followed by Illinois, while the other
states have the following relative posi-
ton: Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio,
and last, Kansas, where chinch bugs
have done very serious damage. As yet
the reports on the average yield OF the
winter wheat crop are just beginning to
come In, but the following from the diff
ferent states probably furnishes a correct
indication of the final results of the
harvest: Twelve counties ia Illinois re-
port an average of II bushels, and four
counties place the average condition of
the crop at IS per cent. Nine counties in
Indiana place the average at II bushels
rnd three counties the average condition
at 20 per cent. Seven counties in Michi-
gan report an average yield of Is bush
els. Eleven counties in Ohio report a
yield of l3 bushels, while five counties re-
port the condition at SO per cent.
The yield in twelve Missouri counties is
Is bushels, and the condition in three is
los per cent. Five counties in Ken
lucky place the yield at IS bushels. In
Kansas nine counties report an average
yield of IL bushels, and five an average
condition of 81 per cent. Seventeen
counties in Illinois complain of damage
to crops by drought. Like complaints
come from six counties in Indiana, and
thirteen Kansas counties report damages
from insects and drought. Rain is need
ed in Kentucky and Wisconsin, and six
Missouri counties complain of damage
by drought.
The condition of spring wheat in the
different states is as follows: Seventeen
counties in Iowa report an average CON
dition of "a per cent, while thirteen
counties in Minnesota place it at 10 per
cent. Eleven counties in Nebraska re-
port an average of IS per cent, and the
same number in Dakota place It at SO
per cent.
AS was expected the hay crop turns out
light, as pastures we're nearly everywhere
dry. Prospects for a crop of apples in
the west are fair to middling. In many
places the fruit is dropping from the
trees.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
The IsthmuS Cut.

A civil engineer who recently arrived
in New York from Panama, has furnish
ed The Herald the following information
regarding the Panama canal:
Nj. lacquer, the director general of
the works, leaves the isthmus for Paris
in a few days to submit his report, being
that which precedes the annual meet
ing.
The dredges of the American Con-
struction and Dredging company at Col
on are cutting broad and deep swath
inland. American push and energy
alone being visible on the Colon side of
the Isthmus. The canal com mpany's main
offices are to be removed TO Colan, it is
reported, in September. This means the
abandonment of Panama City and the
large and expensive buildings owned
there by the company. The main offices
there have cost fully 100000. The dir
ector general has a 100000 residence,
fitted up in princely style; also another
magnificent residence at La Boca,,a few
miles out of Panama. The latter, with
its fine grounds and roads, has cost a
small fortune.
A Fren Gilman, a late canal employe,
has purchased an island near the 18TH
mus.
Our informant said that the amount
of work done during the past year has
been astonishingly small. 1t drags
along in hopeless sort of way. Hun
dl eds of men are idle, yet the canal com
pany are importing men from Liberia
and China. Such importations contain
an immense scum, and upon the arrival
of every steamer they are turned loose,
some getting work and many failing to
get it.
Several large Scotch dredges costing
100000 each, are idle in the bay of
Panama. Others are working, doing
useless dredging in silt that washes back
ward and forward with the tides.
Business on the isthmus was spoken of
as being dull and cherries, the calmness
of d ,spair having settled down on all.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
WASHINGTON.

CHARLES G. Frost, of Dakota, has been
appointed timber depreciation agent of
the General Land Office at $1,000 per
year, after waiting in that city over a
year and a half for the administration
to serve him up something.
THE President signed an order for the
removal of the District Land Office of
Washington Territory from Olympia to
Seattle. The object of the removal is
said to be to render the office more gener-
ally accessible to the people of the Terri
tory who have business with it.
No testimony has yet been sent to the
Clerk of the House of Representatives in
the contested election case of Thoobe vs.
Carlisle. The House Committee on
Elections, when it is appointed, will have
power to take up the case, but as none of
the legal preliminaries have been com
piled with it is thought by some that the
contest will not be pushed.
A STATEMENT prepared by the pension
office shows that during the last fiscal
year there were issued 112,S40 pension
certificates. OF this number 50, 149 were
original cases; 8,455 were Mexican war
claims under the act of Jan. %, 1887;
10000 were ''amputation" cases under the
act of August 6, 1886. and 81, 107 were in
crease cases. The remainder were Gre
ISSUE" restoration" or "accrued
claims.
The interstate Commerce Commission
ers will hardly be able to evade or avoid
a decision on the subject of the rights of
colofed persons to ride in regular first
class cars if they pay full fare. The man
ayers of the Southern railroads are evil
IDENTIFY not disposed to believe that the
interstate commerce law has given the
commission authority to accom- plish what
could not be done under the civil rights
law, which has been declared to be uncon-
stitutional; and another case of alleged
discrimination in favor of white persons
has been officially brought to the atten-
ton of the commission.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
RATHER A CRUEL,TEST.

Lawyers Deliberate Dallying with the Re-
prieve ofa Doomed Murderer.
A special from Atlanta, Ga, says:
Two weeks ago was published the thrill
ing story of Lawyer Clifton riding forty
Eve miles across the country with re-
prisve in his pocket for murderer Leg
gett. twas said that he reached Reids-
vile just ID time to stop the execution,
the prisoner standing on the trap, bound
with the cap over his head and waiting
for the fatal drop.
at is now learned that Clifton got to
Reidsville before daylight and went to
bed. He waited till after tho reading Of
the death warrant and until after the
prisoner had made his statement and the
preacher had offered prayer before he
exhibited the reprisve. Mr.. Clifton says
he permitted the details to be thus gone
through with in order to test the sanity
of the prisoner. II Leggett should yet
be hanged he will have have suffered
twice the pain of approaching death.
Not word has been sent to the governor
In the way of report.
1At the April term of the Tattnall Su-.
perIor Court Jacob Leggett was indicted
tried and found guilty of the murder of
Lillian Griggsby. The evidence was
very strong, and showed that Leggett,
on account of jealousy, one Sunday
morning while Lillian wss on her way
home from unday-schooi, literally
buschsred h-r with a pocket knife to
preTent her associating with his rival.
His lawyers saw they had a desperate
case, and determined if possible to save
his neck by verdict recommending
Imprisonment for life, but the jury,
which was composed of some of the best
men IN the county, decided that Jake
Le9gett ought to be hanged and render
ed their verdict accordingly. The pris-
oner was seztenced by Judge Hines to be
hanged May 13."
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
GENERAL NOTES.

AT Minneapolis, Monday, the Minneso
Ia Belt Line Railway and Transfer Com
pany was incorporated with a capital
stock of 81 100000.
HENRY GEORGE, in an interview at Pitts
burg, expressed grave doubts as to
whether the threats of eXcommunicatioE
against Dr. McGlynn would be carried
out. The labor party, be said, was strong,
and increasing in strength every day.
The secret societies recently organized
by the negros in Grenville, Laurens and
PickeRs, South Carolina, and which have
created great alarm among the chivalry
of that region, have been broken up, and
there is no longer any fear of a colored
uprising.
In the New York Sun General B. F. But
ler denies a story, published in the Wash
ington Post, that bell captured in New
Orleans was sold by the General to the
Baptist Church at Aayue, Mo. Accom-
panying the denial is statement touch
ing the capture of q number of bells that
had been gathered by the rebels of New
Orleans TO be cast into cannon.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08

and yielding sweetness. She does not
like the pug, so instead she brings with
her capture in the shape of young
man, who is evidently unused to the big
city, and who makes the fact more pain
fully apparent by pretending to know all
about 1t.
This summer girl is lost N astonish-
ment at the working of the bridge cable,
shrieks with delight at the appearance of
Miss Liberty, and makes draughts on
her companions bureau of information
that fairly staggers him. She wants to
know where Brodie jumped from.
He points to a spot five hundred feet
nearer Brooklyn than the real place
and on the wron9 roadway. She
wants to see Trinity steeple.
He calmly shows her that of old st. Paul.
She asks what the old shot-tower in the
swamp Is. He assures her it is an inata-
tion of Bunker Hill Monum ent. She
wants to know the direction of her rural
home. He points out course which, if
taken, would land one well out in the
Atlantic Ocean.
The country summer girl is a home
prodnct, and one to be proud of. The
bridge policeman dots on her. So does
every one who has met her. She is at
tractive and unique, and she may be seen
any day on the big bridge. 1t is worth
taking few hours off to spend them on
the prominade Just to study her. She
will remain with us only during the pres
ent pleasant weather. After that she flies
to Coney Island and is seen no more.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
THE SOAP" Fund.

1t is now fully established that the de-
hiot ii the late clerk Bacon's
accosnts IN the patent oflie all went
in Dear Huobells" soap committee to
buy the electoral vote of Indiana
for Garfield. Bacon's books of that year
have the items charged to the different
clerks in the patent office, entered in
ink, in Bscon's writing on the margins.
There is not single doubt but that
Bacon was compelled by his po-
iitical panty to pay the gross sum
out of his cash balance to Hubbelrs COM
mittee and charge it back to the several
clerks and employees in the patent Office
and that afterward the clerks refused or
neglected to pay up and Bacon, who
doubtless regarded the whole business as
robbery and conspiracy against the
nation. refused to collect it from the
clerks and thus his books have stood with
the deficit against him ever since. This
is the blacklist and most villanous Job of
republicanism yet unearthed in the ac-
counts at Washington.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
The Facts In The Case
Dakota Bell.

Some things do not work out quite the
same now as they did in biblical times.
The other day little event happent in
New York as follows:
certain rich man went down from
Jerusalem to Wall street, and fell among
thieves who stripped him of all he had,
and wounded him in body and spirit, and
left him half dead.
And by chance there came down GER
tain man that way who was also rich and
had been a close friend of him who lay
SO sore distressed; and when he saw him
he passed by on the ether side.
And likewise poor man, but one who
had before chung TO him, and boasted of
being his friend in the hope of gain; and
when he was at the place, came and look
ed on him, and passed by on the other
side.
And 80 there came down a Newspaper; |;
and it came much closer than the others,
and he who was in sore distress thought
Of certainty that succor was come to
him at last; but the Newspaper only
questioned him strictly and then passed
by on the other side on a trot, and told
long stories Of the poverty of the man
and also that he never did amount to
much, not being even 80 much as the
.enfh part of what he had been cracked
up to be; and printed his picture, drasn
by the janitor, and said that he would
soon drive q street car. And all these
things the man read, and he vept and
was cast down in spirit.
But a certain dime museum proprietor,
as be journeyed, came whore he was; and
when he saw him he had compassion on
him, and bound up his wounds, and raid
TO him: ARISE and come with me, and
give you even $50 dollars each week to
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
lSnstry'S Husband Coming

am quite sure Mrs. Lsngtry will be
amazed To learn that Mr.. Lanstry is at
TINS very moment packing his trunks for
nyiag visit to America. This is very
toeiish proceeding, you will say, par
hculsrly as he enjoys the income his
wlfe allows him only upon the distinct
understanding that he shall not leave
England and not modest her. Itappears
now, however, that he feels he has been
playing the coon long enough, and so,
allowance or no allowance, he has made
up his mind to visit the United States,
and, incidentally, suppose, look q little
closely into Lily's mods of lite.
No doubt, should Mr.. and Mrs, Langtrv
come face to face the old divorce oues
uon will be brought up again. On this
point thu husband has been SO far i'm
movable. He fatty refuses TO become
party TO any such proceeding, and in
his good, insipid mode of life 1 can "a
sure you he gives his wife absolutely no
chance whatever of bringing an action
against him. | believe he has been
offered tidy sum of money both by his
wife and Freddy Gebhardt, but he is i'm
movable. presume Mrs. Langtry looks
forward 30 his visit to America with any
thing but feelings of delight.
Speaking OF Mrs. Langtry reminds me
that however much she may be improv
ing as an actress, as a beauty she is fad
ing fast. Her haIr is coming out, and
what there is left of it is turning gray.
Her complexion is bad, and her face
shows plainly the rnvages of maturity.
Wrinkles will come, presume to the most
careful people, but their Venue in the
house of professional beauty must be
very distressing. In the matter of figure
the Langtry, though triae robust, ia
what the boys at the Manhattan call a
''stunner"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1887-07-08
A Shameless youth.
Tid-Bits,

There is something delightfully."- inter
esting in the coy, artless manner in
which rustic maiden repels the lover
like advances of her first beau, Her
maiaenlv modesty is refreshing in these
days of bold and fopward naidens.
The following touohsng dialogue be-
tween rural miss and a lovelorn sgain
was recently overheard;
He was evidently trying to commit
the henious crime of putting his arm a.
round her, for she said, in tone of keen
reproach:
LA, Mose amt you 'shamed of your
self now?"
"'Shamed of what?"
''You know we'll enough"
''No, don t."
Eyes you do too-now you quit"
"Quit vhat?"
You know; you ought to be 'shamod"
Then there was silence for. moment,
and then she said sharply;
Now quit, l tell you"
"Quit what?"
'Oh, you're aful innocent, amt your
Now you better stop"
II amt done anything"
"Oh, yov big story teller! I'd be
'shamed to talk so. Now quit"
How can !, when you won't tell me
what I'm doing?"
''Oh, yes; aful innocent, amt you?
You know well enough what you're doing
Shame on you! Now, if you don't stop III
go right Lome."
"No you won't"
Indeed will. I'd be ashamed to carry
on so if was young man."
what is there 20 bd ashnmed Off"
I'D ask If l was you-now you take
your arm awaw from, me"
II won't"
'Oh, you aful thing, you! Sh, a anne on
you. Take it away"
''Lha'n't no such thing"
'Ain't you 'shamed of yourselfY"
Not by long ehot.''
"You outfit f. be-"
"l'm not"
''Sha anne on.you."